The New Womanhood
by Fernald, James C. ; Harland, Marion (Introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, top of title page clipped, affecting text of title.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: D. Lothrop & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, top of title page clipped, . affecting text of title.. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt decorated and lettered navy cloth binding. Introduction by Marion Harland. A collection of advice for women which exhorts them to rejoice in the nobility of homemaking and not be included in the ranks of the "vast number of our working women [who] are unnested birds, who mistake the flutter of excitement at their novel freedom for contentment with their lot." Ten pages of publisher's ads at rear. Handsome owner bookplate on front pastedown (Arthur Gray Staples and Jane Dingley Staples). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40182
- Title
- The New Womanhood
- Author
- Fernald, James C. ; Harland, Marion (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, top of title page clipped, affecting text of title.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Lothrop & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1891
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1890s American Homemaking, 1890s Women's Interest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's Studies;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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